在民主政治的大前提下，憲政主義與法治的基本原則是一致的，討論憲政的基本價值需要澄清法治的本質特徵和內在道德，闡述憲政主義與人治的根本區別，劃清死守法律條文的統治與堅持法治精神的統治之間的區別。另一方面，作為憲政的一個特例，公民不服從看起來是對法律統治的一種違反，但在嚴格的界定條件下，實質上是堅持憲政的一種獨特應對方式。

Constitutionalism accords with basic principles of the rule of law under democracy. To discuss basic values of constitutionalism, we need clarify essential characters and internal morality of the rule of law, expound fundamental distinctions between constitutionalism and the rule of men, and make distinction between the rule of complying with legal regulations and that of insisting in the spirit of the rule of law. On the other hand, as a special example, civil disobedience seems to violate the rule of law, but essentially is a particular way of insisting in the rule of law.